Final Randoli Perahera at Bellanwila

BELLANWILA: The final Randoli Maha Perahera of the Raja Maha Vihara will parade the streets today at 9.30 p.m.

This year's Randoli Maha Perahera with a large number of elephants and dancers will leave the temple at 9.30 p.m. and parade along Sri Bodhi Raja Mawatha (Dehiwela-Maharagama Road), Bellanwila Junction, Nikape-Nedimala Junction, Pepiliyana Mawatha, Bellanthara Road, Sri Somarathana Mawatha and Vihara Mawatha before it returns to the temple.

The Perahera began in 1950 under the auspices of the late Ven. Bellanwila Sri Somarathana Nayake Thera and is organised on the instructions of Ven. Bellanwila Dhammarathana Nayake Thera, chief incumbent and Ven. Prof. Bellanwila Wimalarathana Nayake Thera, Viharadikari in cooperation with the Dayaka Sabha, Kulangana Society and Young Men's Buddhist Association.